ASP.NET Web API Token Authentication Guide

When it comes to securing ASP.NET applications, authentication and authorization play key roles. Authentication verifies a user’s identity by checking their credentials, while authorization verifies a user’s roles. This video provides an overview of token-based authentication, contrasting it with cookie-based methods. Learn how tokens and refresh tokens function, why token-based systems offer enhanced security with shorter expiration times, and the process of generating new tokens. This course is perfect for understanding secure data access in web applications.

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⭐️ Chapters ⭐️
- 0:00:00 Introduction
- 0:02:07 Authentication vs Authorization
- 0:04:34 Traditional vs Token-based Authentication
- 0:14:10 Adding Identity tables with EFCore
- 0:21:55 Configuring Authentication in Startup.cs
- 0:33:07 Setting up Authentication Controller
- 0:37:54 Registering a new user
- 0:47:36 Generating an access and a refresh token
- 1:02:38 Logging in an existing user
- 1:14:10 Get access token using the refresh token
- 1:41:41 Adding role based authentication
- 2:02:55 Thank you

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